Barriers to and determinants of medication adherence among hypertensive patients attended National Health Service Hospital, Sunderland | Zendy

Muhammad Umair Khan | Zendy; Shahjahan Shah | Zendy; Tahir Hameed | Zendy

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Barriers to and determinants of medication adherence among hypertensive patients attended National Health Service Hospital, Sunderland

Author(s) -

Muhammad Umair Khan,

Shahjahan Shah,

Tahir Hameed

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 0976-4879

pISSN - 0975-7406

DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.129175

Subject(s) - medicine , medication adherence , pharmacotherapy , mortality rate , emergency medicine , pediatrics

Hypertension is a silent killer, a time bomb in both the developed and developing nations of the world. It is one of the most significant risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality resulting from target-organ damage to blood vessels in the heart, brain, kidney and eyes. Adherence to long-term therapy for chronic illnesses like hypertension is an important tool to enhance the effectiveness of pharmacotherapy.

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